Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Harry Haywood (1898-1985)
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Oak Hill, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1920-1950)
Map of New Jersey (Philadelphia, M. Carey, 1795)
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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”
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Wilson Goode (1938- )

Explore Global African History

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The Almoravids/al-Murabitun (1040CE–1147CE)
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Stephen Blucke ( –1792)
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Alice Nkom (1945- )
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Noémie Lenoir (1979– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era
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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: For His Times and Ours

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators